The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| ty in the Tenth ward Cincinnati at the late
| election.
OVER 10000 feet of splendid pine lumber was
washed ashore at Friar's.point, near Harrisville,
Mich, during the recent gale, and nobody has
! yet claimed it,
PERHAPS the most lucrative Office in the ma
tional government, next to the Presidency itself,
is the clerkshp of the Supreme Court at Wash
| ington 1t yields an annual income i'll fees of
from $4,000 to $4,000
IN paper on injurious insects, Prof. j. A.
Inter placed the total number of insect species
| in the world at $4,000. OF those found in the
United States 1907 or 5000 species are fruit
pests, and at least 30 attack the apple.
REV. DIR. j. +. GoUCHER, of Baltimore with
| some other members of his immediate family,
has given S125, 900 toward woman's college in
that city, The trustee will raise $4,000 as an
endowment, in accordance with the terms of the
donation.
JOHN SMITH, of Hamilton, Ont, was knocked
down by runaway team and had three ribs
broken. The ribs pierced the lungs without
breaking the skin, and 1.-THE air from his lungs,
escaping under the skin, pulled him up like n
balloon from his eyebrows to his feet, says the
Ottawa Free Press.
RoUMANIA is making an effort to build up its
local industries A law has been passed enact
ing that every person who establishes factory
worth 81 200 and employs twenty-five workmen
Tor five months in the year can set up his build
lngS on crown property, ground being allotted to
him on lease for ninety years.
THERE is an interesting case before tae Court
of Appeals of Virginia, which is probably the
first of the kind in the country. A colored man
named Coleman was sentenced to State prison
for aSsaulting colored woman on the verdict
of jury of twelve colored men. H attorney
appealed the case on the ground that the selec-
ton of twelve Jurors on account of their color
was unconstitutional.
In Bradford, N. Y, Wednesday last, Clarence
| Showers a wealthy young farmer. was killed
by 5-year old Jersey bull that be was leading
with a stick attached to a ring in his nose. The
animal. in his vicious lunges, broke the stick
and dashed at once upon the farmer He ran
| his horns clean through the mans body, tossed
him over his head 20 feet and then deliberately
| trampled the body until life extinct.
MEREDITH Mccoy. Connecticut dude, at
tempted to bride the uncle of Bradford, Conn,
| belle to induce the young lady to marry him by
| Offering g 900 as cash consideration. The
young lady heard of the offer, and with the as
sistance Of few frien S of her own age organ
| lied a regulating committee for the benefit of
| the dude. He was waylaid by the girls. mixed,
| rotten-egged and ducked in a horse pond.
| DURING the month of October the reserve of
the Russian army was called in for general
practice for the first time since the introduction
| of compulsory military service for every citizen
| of the empire. The reports of the officers upon
the results Of the practice are very favorable,
stating that the reserve was composed OF re
! liable soldiers, well prepared in every way"
The Russian papers declare in consequence as
the French did after their late experiment of
mobilization. that 1.-The army is prepared for
war;" and, consequently, Russia is ready"
THE gift of $4,000 to build a school house in
Fall River. said to be the finest in the world, is
another evidence Of the judicous and superior
use of riches This building is provided with a
bn in
the country. 1t is endowed, in addition TO its
cost. with $4,000 n library fund. and there is
| nothing omitted to make it perfect seat of
education Such worthy provision for com
mon school is far more than an ornament.
| While the structure is fine and possesses ele-
ments Of taste and beauty, the stimulus given
| to teacher and scholar by such an offering to
| the public is beyond calculation.
A FRENCH NEWSPAPER. the Parts, points out
that NJ. Wilson is liable to surrender great deal
more than the 4O,0OOf. he has sent to the
| National Treasury. According to the law of the
| twenty seventh Prair;al, year TX, every func-
tonary who abuses the official frank is liable to
fine of 1907 for each offense, and the fine can
under no pretext be RENTED or reduced Now,
VI. Wilson pleads guilty to the odenSe to the eX-
tent of 100 letters day for six years. hun
dred letters multiplied by 2, 100 days makes
219,040; and this multiplied by 150 makes 81
$50, 0O0f., of which only 40,000f have been paid,
leaving balance due of 32,SlO0OOf
A Boston MAN has a twin brother living in the
West who looks very much like him. The other
morning the Boston twin, after being shaved,
went home and found there his brother, who
had just come East. The Western twin needed
shaving badly and was directed to the barber
shop He entered and seated himself, but the
barber paid no attention to him. whats the
matter with your" said the Western twin after
waiting long enough. why don't you shave
barber. Much you did. said the twin. Look
at my face The barber looked at the big
black beard of a weeks growth, felt of it to as
sure himself that his eyes were net deceiving
him, and burst out: If you can raise a beard
like that in twenty minutes you'd better go into
the mattress business"
IT Is CLAIMED by NJ. Meguin that the date of
death may be determined by studying the gen
eratons of acarina which have been at work
upon the body. On the production, before the
French Acadmey of Medicine, of the cadaver of
Young woman which had lain in cellar year
it was found possible to trace five different
species of acarina and the order of succession
and duration of each species; one species con-
sulnes the fatty acids, another absorbs the
fluids and each dies when its work is ended. the
period Of life of each, in summer, being from
six to eight weeks. In case of murder, in
which the remains of the victim were discovered
in a garden, NJ Meguin was able to establish the
dote Of burial with great accuracy so that. if
these observations and deductions prove reliable,
the discovery will. it is thought, be of great
medico-legal impol lance.
The WHITE WIFE OF a Canton Chlnaman, seek
ing divorce on the ground of non-support and
cruelty, is one of the latest litigations in the
Supreme Court Of New York city. Her name is
Lena Layem and, though she is the mother of
two children, she is still young and attractive
The husbands name is George Layem but he is
known as Charlie Lee. He is about 40 years
old apparently, and. although he has been in
this country only twelve years, he has $4,000
deposited in the Hudson City Savings Bank
Mrs. Layem says her husband did not support
her and cruel to herself and children
Through her counsel she asked for a divorce
and half the bank account, to-wit. $4,000
Layem's lawyer, said that Lena had left her
husband without cause in 1885 and refused to
return to him, although he repeatedly wrote to
her to do So Mrs Layen is a German
SOME TINE SINCE it was noted that certain en-
terprising merchants of Buffalo, n. Y, had Of
fered prize of 100000 for the best continuance
for converting the force of the Niagara river at
that city into practical power Many devices
have been submitted, and it is suspected that
one of them, if found to be all that is claimed
for il, will be accepted. A practical test is soon
10 be made. The favored contrivance consts of
an endless chain equipped with paddles, which
passing around drums Is submerged to a depth
where it cannot be affected by ice The motion
given to the drums by the current operating
against the paddles will be communicated
through suitable gearing and shafting, to ma
chinery on the bank of the river. As the drums
and part OF the framework are to be made hol-
low and air-tight, the whole plant can be